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Young Carers Illustrations Project
Young Carers Illustrations Project


Young Carers in Space
“Young Carers in Space” is the second enchanting picture book created for young carers by the wonderfully talented illustrator and storyteller Ana Graça. Serving as a heartwarming prequel to Young Carers in Bunnyland , this new adventure celebrates the importance of listening to the voices of our youngest young carers and recognising their experiences. Ana developed the story after a series of inspiring workshops with young carers held in March 2025, where their ideas and im
Oct 191 min read


And in Parliament
Our Young Carers Illustrations Project has been working very closely with the University of Plymouth’s Young Carers in Early Childhood...
Jun 41 min read


Raising Awareness With Comics
We have exciting news from the new Young Carers Books partnership and it comes in the form of a comic! This describes the adventures of...
May 181 min read


Young Carer Stickers
The Young Carers Illustrations Project commenced with publishing a small selection of illustrations that are available for free download. The first set of free printed materials produced by the project were A6 sheets of young carer bunnies stickers and our first customers using these were students from the Nagoya Gakuin University in Japan. Shortly afterwards, our pre-assessment booklet “About Me” was published. The stickers have effectively become an accompaniment to this a
Feb 241 min read


Kamishibai - “Paper Theatre”
Honey and friends in a Kamishibai theatre performance. Our Young Carers Illustrations Project has produced beautiful and widely acclaimed picture books and an activity book by Ana Graça. We have distributed well over twenty thousand copies of these across all four nations in the UK. Ana’s books are now also available online in a variety of formats, including “Kamishibai” and, as with all of our products, these are free to anyone working to improve the lives of young carers. A
Jan 282 min read


All Young Carers have rights !
The law says that councils must: · Identify young carers · Provide you with information and preventive support · Protect you from...
Jan 151 min read


Young Carers in Bunnyland
Our picture story book “Young Carers in Bunnyland” comes from the imagination of hugely talented artist and author Ana Graça,who has...
Nov 22, 20241 min read


About Me Booklet
Our brilliant artist Ana Graça has produced “About Me” which is a small work book designed to help enable conversations with small children who are young carers. These booklets can be used to help in preparation with assessments for younger young carers who are likely to find formal assessment forms very daunting. As part of the series of illustrations for the Young Carers Alliance , we created an activity booklet with the intent of helping with preparation for assessments a
Nov 22, 20242 min read


Free Downloadable Illustrations
Our first project was a series of free downloadable illustrations made for members of the Young Carers Alliance by Ana Graça, showcasing...
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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